Tales of the home folks in peace and war / by Joel Chandler Harris.

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Twelve stories about the poor and wealthy people of the South before, during, and after the Civil War.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Main Author: Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
Language:English
Published: Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898.
Series:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
Storytelling > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Plantation life > Juvenile fiction.
Short stories.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Short stories.
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 2 gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
Physical Description:417 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : plates (including frontispiece) ; 20 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • How Whalebone caused a wedding
  • The colonel's nigger dog
  • A run of luck
  • The late Mr. Watkins of Georgia
  • A belle of St. Valerien
  • The comedy of war
  • A bold deserter
  • A baby in the siege
  • The baby's fortune
  • An ambuscade
  • The cause of the difficulty
  • The baby's Christmas.